Comments on: Glimpse at the Origins of Filipino Surnames

By: anciano

anciano — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:18:54 +0000

As Filipinos, we have a national identity that is culturally rich and diverse. We should embrace this diversity and use it as a springboard for progress and unity.

We should recognize the contributions of all Filipinos of different backgrounds wherever there ancestors may have originated.

From Filipino-Chinese to Basque Filipinos; to Filipinos without a hyphen, the Philippines is better off because of their contributions and commitment to the country.

From world-class cigars to the oldest chinatown in the world; and the best empanada in the hispanic world, the Philippines has it. Mabuhay!

By: anciano

anciano — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:46:10 +0000

Necesita estudiar la lista de apellidos de Claveria. Es posible que el nombre Asprer no esta en el Catalogo o no fue usado por el Catalogo como un apellido. Entonces los Asprer filipinos son descendantes probablemente de una familia Cataluna porque la practica de Claveria no fue por toda la poblacion.

By: Viviana Tort

Viviana Tort — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:24:18 +0000

Hola:

Entre mi familia ancestral tengo registrado a don Joan Pau De Salvador y d’Asprer, oriundo de Vilafranca del Penedès, nacido en el siglo XVIII. Agradecería cualquier información acerca de su familia, porque de su historia hay bastante información, pero no doy con sus padres, abuelos ni demás parientes.

Un saludo desde México

Viviana Tort

By: josé miguel

josé miguel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:02:15 +0000

The development of our names, indeed were a product of social and management development during the Philippines under the Spanish Government stage.

Yes Castila is just one region of the whole Nation of Spain. Castila being a part of Spain, is Spanish. But Spanish which covers many regions including Castila, is not necessarily Castila.

The Basques or Euskaldunak are considered as the oldest and purest race in Europe. They have produced great artists, businessmen, soldiers and political leaders in places mostly where the Spaniards or French heavily interacted like in Spain and France and their former colonies. That is why they are proud of their race and want to preserve it. Whether a people are militarily and economically powerful and known or not, we should give them due respect as a people.

In the same manner that we Filipinos should be respected as far as our sovereignty, dignity and aspirations as a people is concernd. But unlike the Euskaldunak, we Filipinos should have self-respect first as in the case of the American behavior towards our Filipino soldiers and civilians. As of the present, the Americans are already stepping on our feet but the Filipino soldiers among us, are the first ones to defend the Americans.

Let us be aware of our national identity. Let us recover it.

By: nold

nold — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:15:39 +0000

@Gil – Asprer comienza con la letra “A” (i.e., apellidos catalán; Alas, Abella, Aguilar, Arballo, Agosti…are common Filipino surnames) – podría ser la razón por la que fue elegido por algunas familias en el catálogo.

By: Gil

Gil — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:55:35 +0000

No había aclarado que el origen del apellido Asprer, está en la provincia de Barcelona en Cataluña (España), en concreto en Sant Joan de les Abadesses.

By: Gil

Gil — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:53:02 +0000

Cual no era mi sorpresa cuando descubrí la existencia del apellido Asprer en Filipinas. Este apellido poco extendido en Cataluña hoy en día, quedamos cuatro, veo que en Filipinas es muy usado.
Imagino que los Asprer Filipinos no tienen el mismo origen que los catalanes, sino que lo obtuvieron de ese “Catálogo de Apellidos” a partir del “decreto Clavería”, para facilitar el censo e “hispanizar” su nombre.
Agradecería que algún Asprer filipino me lo pudiera corroborar

By: nold

nold — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:39:58 +0000

Your too kind Senor, thank you, I never thought much of myself as a writer [this article is chock-full of grammatical errors, I write on the spot and rarely edit my blogs- but I’m glad you like it], I consider writing as an act of faith, what you write would either make a connection or get wholly disregarded as a worthless piece [and I’m very familiar to this one] – but my dream has always been to write so that people would be more conscious of the Filipinos past, we’re a generation persuaded to detest our true historical foundation, we were educated to recognize myths rather than factual history, for those of us who understand, we have a responsibility to right these leyenda negras. I’ve added you on my blog list – thank you again for dropping by.

By: vip

vip — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:07:12 +0000

Gosh, nold, the comments made me forgot what were my original thoughts: that you’re a very good writer who also happens to love his topics! There…

By: vip

vip — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:01:18 +0000

re Kastila. It is not our fault that when Spain was colonizing the country, it was the dynasty of the kings of Castilla and Aragon who were ruling Spain. Where we got Kastila–we did not invent the term out of ignorance, it must have come to us from the colonizers themselves. And why did Basque, Galicians, Catalans allow themselves to sail to the Philippines under the Spanish Castilian banner. Everything just happened that way.